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Journal articles on the topic "Public health administration – Tanzania"

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Gilson, Lucy, Peter Kilima, and Marcel Tanner. "Local government decentralization and the health sector in Tanzania." Public Administration and Development 14, no. 5 (1994): 451–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230140503.

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Msuya, John M., Johannes P. Jütting, and Abay Asfaw. "Impact of Community Health Funds on the Access to Health Care: Empirical Evidence from Rural Tanzania." International Journal of Public Administration 30, no. 8-9 (July 4, 2007): 813–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900690701227263.

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Kuchibanda, Kizito, and Aloyce W. Mayo. "Public Health Risks from Mismanagement of Healthcare Wastes in Shinyanga Municipality Health Facilities, Tanzania." Scientific World Journal 2015 (2015): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/981756.

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The increase of healthcare facilities in Shinyanga municipality has resulted in an increase of healthcare wastes, which poses serious threats to the environment, health workers, and the general public. This research was conducted to investigate management practices of healthcare wastes in Shinyanga municipality with a view of assessing health risks to health workers and the general public. The study, which was carried out in three hospitals, involved the use of questionnaires, in-depth interview, and observation checklist. The results revealed that healthcare wastes are not quantified or segregated in all the three hospitals. Healthcare wastes at the Shinyanga Regional Referral Hospital are disposed of by on-site incineration and burning and some wastes are disposed off-site. At Kolandoto DDH only on-site burning and land disposal are practiced, while at Kambarage UHC healthcare solid wastes are incinerated, disposed of on land disposal, and burned. Waste management workers do not have formal training in waste management techniques and the hospital administrations pay very little attention to appropriate management of healthcare wastes. In light of this, it is evident that management of healthcare solid wastes is not practiced in accordance with the national and WHO’s recommended standards.
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Hastings, Julie. "RUMOURS, RIOTS AND THE REJECTION OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN MOROGORO, TANZANIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 48, S1 (July 18, 2016): S16—S39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932016000018.

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SummaryIn 2008 in Morogoro region, Tanzania, mass drug administration (MDA) to school-aged children to treat two neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths – was suspended by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare after riots broke out in schools where drugs were being administered. This article discusses why this biomedical intervention was so vehemently rejected, including an eyewitness account. As the protest spread to the village where I was conducting fieldwork, villagers accused me of bringing medicine into the village with which to ‘poison’ the children and it was necessary for me to leave immediately under the protection of the Tanzanian police. The article examines the considerable differences between biomedical and local understandings of one of these diseases, urinary schistosomiasis. Such a disjuncture was fuelled further by the apparent rapidity of rolling out MDA and subsequent failures in communication between programme staff and local people. Rumours of child fatalities as well as children’s fainting episodes and illnesses following treatment brought about considerable conjecture both locally and nationally that the drugs had been either faulty, counterfeit, hitherto untested on humans or part of a covert sterilization campaign. The compelling arguments by advocates of MDA for the treatment of NTDs rest on the assumption that people suffering from these diseases will be willing to swallow the medicine. However, as this article documents, this is not always the case. For treatment of NTDs to be successful it is not enough for programmes to focus on economic and biomedical aspects of treatment, rolling out ‘one size fits all’ programmes in resource-poor settings. It is imperative to develop a biosocial approach: to consider the local social, biological, historical, economic and political contexts in which these programmes are taking place and in which the intended recipients of treatment live their lives. If this is not done, the world’s poor will continue to be neglected.
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Kisoka, William, Declare Mushi, Dan W. Meyrowitsch, Mwele Malecela, Paul E. Simonsen, and Britt P. Tersbøl. "DILEMMAS OF COMMUNITY-DIRECTED MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS CONTROL: A QUALITATIVE STUDY FROM URBAN AND RURAL TANZANIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 49, no. 4 (July 29, 2016): 447–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932016000365.

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SummaryThere has in recent years been a growing interest in the social significance of global health policy and associated interventions. This paper is concerned with neglected tropical disease control, which prescribes annual mass drug administration to interrupt transmission of, among others, lymphatic filariasis. In Tanzania, this intervention is conducted through community-directed distribution, which aims to improve drug uptake by promoting community participation and local ownership in the intervention. However, the average uptake of drugs often remains too low to achieve the intended interruption of transmission. The qualitative research presented here followed the implementation of mass drug administration in Lindi and Morogoro Regions, Tanzania, in 2011 to understand the different forms of involvement in the campaign and the experiences of stakeholders of their part in community-directed distribution. Some health care workers, community leaders and drug distributors were generally positive about the intervention, emphasizing that the drugs were welcome. Other stakeholders, including the drug-receiving population, reported facing a number of dilemmas of uncertainty, authority and exclusion pertaining to their roles in the intervention. These dilemmas should be of interest to donors, policymakers and implementers. Community-directed distribution relies on social relations between the many different stakeholders. Successful and justifiable interventions for lymphatic filariasis require implementers to recognize the central role of sociality and that the voices and priorities of people count.
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Kimaro, Honest C., and Sundeep Sahay. "An institutional perspective on the process of decentralization of health information systems: A case study from Tanzania." Information Technology for Development 13, no. 4 (October 2007): 363–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/itdj.20066.

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Kimaro, Honest C., and José L. Nhampossa. "Analyzing the problem of unsustainable health information systems in less-developed economies: Case studies from Tanzania and Mozambique." Information Technology for Development 11, no. 3 (July 2005): 273–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/itdj.20016.

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Katabaro, Justine Mushobozi, and Yonghong Yan. "Effects of Lighting Quality on Working Efficiency of Workers in Office Building in Tanzania." Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2019 (November 14, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3476490.

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Background. In this era of Information Communication Technology, a high-quality working environment is essential to the occupants. Providing quantity rather the quality of work environments is very common in most of the least developed countries, including Tanzania. Existing research asserts that poor indoor environmental quality such as lighting has a detrimental effect on human health, and in case of the office working population, it also affects their work performance. This study aims to analyze the effects of the lighting quality on working efficiency of workers in Tanzania. Methods. Four representative offices from the administration building at Mbeya University of Science and Technology were investigated from June to September 2018. The customized questionnaire survey tool was administered to the randomly selected occupants to survey their perceptions about the quality of lighting in their workplace and its influence on their health and work efficiency. Physical observation and illuminance distribution measurements were also conducted. Results. The statistical analysis indicates that the majority of the occupants are less satisfied with the lighting quality in their working environment, and some respondents reported that it significantly affected their work efficiency and wellbeing. The average desk illuminance and uniformity level were found to be below the recommended values of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the International Commission on lighting (CIE). Conclusion. Despite the suggested improvement measures, this research emphasizes that poorly articulated work environment can adversely affect the productivity and work efficiency of the workers. The workers in such condition are also exposed to occupational diseases. Thus, providing a healthy work environment should be a fundamental right of the workers.
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KISOKA, WILLIAM J., BRITT PINKOWSKY TERSBØL, DAN W. MEYROWITSCH, PAUL E. SIMONSEN, and DECLARE L. MUSHI. "COMMUNITY MEMBERS' PERCEPTIONS OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR CONTROL OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN RURAL AND URBAN TANZANIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 48, no. 1 (March 19, 2015): 94–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932015000024.

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SummaryLymphatic filariasis is one of several neglected tropical diseases with severely disabling and stigmatizing manifestations that are referred to as ‘neglected diseases of poverty’. It is a mosquito-borne disease found endemically and exclusively in low-income contexts where, concomitantly, general public health care is often deeply troubled and fails to meet the basic health needs of impoverished populations. This presents particular challenges for the implementation of mass drug administration (MDA), which currently is the principal means of control and eventual elimination. Several MDA programmes face the dilemma that they are unable to attain and maintain the required drug coverage across target groups. In recognition of this, a qualitative study was conducted in the Morogoro and Lindi regions of Tanzania to gain an understanding of community experiences with, and perceptions of, the MDA campaign implemented in 2011 by the National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme. The study revealed a wide variation of perceptions and experiences regarding the aim, rationale and justification of MDA. There were positive sentiments about the usefulness of the drugs, but many study participants were sceptical about the manner in which MDA is implemented. People were particularly disappointed with the limited attempts by implementers to share information and mobilize residents. In addition, negative sentiments towards MDA for lymphatic filariasis reflected a general feeling of desertion and marginalization by the health care system and political authorities. However, the results suggest that if the communities are brought on board with genuine respect for their integrity and informed self-determination, there is scope for major improvements in community support for MDA-based control activities.
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Simonsen, Paul E., Erling M. Pedersen, Rwehumbiza T. Rwegoshora, Mwelecele N. Malecela, Yahya A. Derua, and Stephen M. Magesa. "Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Tanzania: Effect of Repeated Mass Drug Administration with Ivermectin and Albendazole on Infection and Transmission." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4, no. 6 (June 1, 2010): e696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000696.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Public health administration – Tanzania"

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Mshana, Hawa Yatera. "Community Public-Private Partnership Leadership Synergy in Tanzania." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4807.

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Although the public-private partnership (PPP) concept in health and social health has been politically accepted as the best pathway to improving health outcomes in many developing nations, implementation lacks leadership synergy. Lack of awareness and engagement of community leaders about PPP interventions and their benefits affect accountability and ownership of health and social care interventions. The purpose of this study was to better understand factors that could promote partnership leadership synergy to enhance ownership and accountability for community health and social welfare initiatives in Tanzania. A qualitative empirical case study design was used; diffusion of innovation and the public-private integrated partnership module constituted the theoretical framework. A purposeful sample of 26 participants responded to in-depth, 1-on-1 interviews; they were guided with semi-structured questions; the related document was reviewed. NVivo software was used to facilitated data management and content analysis. The key findings indicated that integrated supportive supervision, teamwork, and strategic communications promote partnership leadership synergy. Also, findings show that a lack of clear roles and responsibilities, poor quality data, a lack of understanding the benefits of PPP in health at the community level hinder ownership and accountability in the implementation of PPP health interventions. The results of this study yield insight into the national PPP technical and leadership team that could support the priorities in the implementation of the partnership projects. These results may contribute to social change through an increase in awareness and understanding of PPP in health at the community level and, in turn, promote ownership and accountability.
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Salewi, Diana Henry. "The killing of persons with albinism in Tanzania : a social-legal inquiry." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18645.

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Albinism is an inherited condition affecting at least 1 in 4000 people in Africa. It is thought to be more common among black Africans although it affects the entire human populations. In most African societies, albinism is regarded to be a disability and the social attitudes against albinos are characterised by lack of understanding, fear, and also of prejudice based on the appearance of albinism. There are various myths surrounding albinos such as that they are born as a punishment, that it is a curse to give birth to albinos and that albinos are immortal and that they are in fact spirits. This causes them to be seen as outcasts in society. Albinism is an inherited, congenital condition resulting in reduced synthesis of melanin pigment in the hair, skin and eyes. It leads to a host of lifelong physical health problems, in particular visual impairment and ultraviolet induced skin damage. In Africa such problems are exacerbated by exposure to harsh sunlight and reduced access to adequate health care, especially in rural areas.
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Sigwejo, Annastellah Obedi. "Evaluating e-government services : a citizen-centric framework." Thesis, Cape Peninisula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2285.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015.
In a quest to offer better services to both citizens and businesses throughout Africa, efforts to adopt e-government projects are gaining momentum. As a result of this, there is a need for effective measurement of delivery and quality of such e-services. Currently, there are several metrics applied to measure and rank the e-readiness of various African countries. However, while these measures have provided a source of comparative analysis between different e-government projects, they are far from being perfect. For example, most of these measures are diverse and difficult to compare, since they assume ‘one size fits all’ and ignore differing environmental, cultural and contextual factors of various countries. Further criticisms of these measures are that they are ‘first generation metrics’ designed for developed countries, as opposed to developing countries. Thus, the crux of the research problem was that there are no suitable evaluation strategies for understanding and measuring the effectiveness of e-government services in order to improve the management thereof, and thereby attain the best possible value for citizens. The objective of this study was to develop a framework, for evaluating the effectiveness of e-government services in a typical developing country. Tanzania’s mainland was chosen as the context for this study: as a typical developing African country, its early phase of e-government development provided an optimal case for this study concerned with the useful and effective evaluation of e-government services. I have chosen a qualitative research method paradigm, underpinned by an interpretive approach, to facilitate both research objectives: developing an evaluation framework after determining the necessary evaluation parameters. Empirical evidence was gathered via interviews with e-government practitioners in Tanzania and via focus groups with selected citizens. Other sources of data included government documentation (policies and strategies) and government websites. The data was analysed through the combined application of an adapted grounded theory method and interpretation. Using the latter analytical processes several effectiveness dimensions of e-government services were derived. Through further analysis these were synthesised into the main output of the study viz. an e-government citizen satisfaction framework (ECSF). This framework, a unique contribution to the existing body of knowledge, demonstrates how citizen and government imperatives should be amalgamated to evaluate the effectiveness of e-government services. The findings further support and advance Information Technology management within government, as this is the first comprehensive framework to ensure an integrated approach for monitoring and evaluating e-government programmes. This study also combines important ideas from two existing domains—service management and IS evaluation—to generate new foundations leading to further work by researchers.
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Wagner, Steven M. "Public Sponsored Health Insurance to Improve Health Outcomes with Implications for Government Health Policy, Design, and Decision Making." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1002.

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This research sought to ascertain the extent to which providing public sponsored health insurance (PSHI) to previously uninsured Mexican-American Hispanics improves health outcomes among those requiring ongoing treatment to control diabetes. Prior research utilizing insurance access theory; access, equity, and health outcome interrelationship theory; health affordability theory; and financial and resource burden theory suggests the uninsured receive less care than the insured, with delayed treatment, leading to chronic conditions. This research tested each of those major theoretical constructs into a blended conceptual framework based on the notion that providing health insurance helps alleviate the disabling effects of diabetes among this population. This study used an unobtrusive, longitudinal, one group pretest-posttest design. Research questions were designed to measure the strength of the relationship between PSHI and patient health outcomes using physical examination data, laboratory results, and diagnosis of 712 diabetic patients with 5,300 medical visits over 3 years before and after enrolling for PSHI. Logistic regression was used to analyze data related to age, gender, time enrolled in PSHI, and service location relative to health outcomes. Findings support the theories that accessibility increases with the provision of health insurance but also show that health outcomes do not improve after enrollment in a PSHI. This study contributes to the body of knowledge in public health policy and administration by quantifying the strength and significance of the relationship between health insurance and health outcomes and effects positive social change by measuring the effectiveness of legislation providing the uninsured with health insurance in order to improve health outcomes.
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Govella, Nicodem. "Monitoring malaria vector densities and behaviours in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2010. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3153/.

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Malaria remains the most important parasite-related public health problem globally, with the majority of burden occurring in sub Saharan Africa. Increased political and financial support has resulted in rapid scale up of malaria prevention measures, so that disease burden has been substantially reduced in many African countries. However, behavioural change by malaria vector populations, so that a greater proportion of human exposure to bites occurs outdoors, threatens to undermine the impact of malaria control with existing front line interventions such as insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoors residual spraying (IRS) because both act indoors. Also, progress towards lower transmission levels poses substantive entomological monitoring challenges because most standard methods fail to detect low levels of vector density and malaria transmission. The overall goal of this study was to enhance understanding of the potential and limitations of ITNs for reducing malaria transmission by outdoor biting mosquitoes, and to develop a safe, sensitive, practical and effective malaria vector surveillance tool that enables sustained entomologic monitoring of intervention impact. An existing mathematical model was adapted to examine the possibility that ITNs can achieve community suppression of malaria transmission exposure, even when mosquitoes avoid them by feeding on people while they are outdoors. Simulations indicated that ITNs may provide useful levels of community suppression of malaria transmission, even when outdoor biting rates exceed indoor biting rates and slightly more than half of bites occurred at times and places when using ITNs is not feasible. This suggests that ITNs should not be deprioritized as a malaria control tool simply because local vector species prefer to feed outdoors. Nevertheless, complementary interventions that target outdoor- and early-biting mosquitoes should be prioritized, especially for going beyond malaria control to achieve elimination. Cross over and Latin Squares experimental designs were used to compare the sensitivity of multiple trapping techniques for catching malaria vectors, under conditions of both high and low mosquito density, in rural Kilombero and urban Dar es Salaam, respectively. A new tent style trapping device called the Ifakara Tent Trap was successfully developed and proved to be safe and more efficacious than any other commonly used alternative to human landing catch for catching Anopheles gambiae s.l. in the low transmission setting of urban Dar es Salaam. Its sampling efficiency appeared to be independent of vector density in a rural setting with high mosquito abundance but increased as mosquito densities decreased in an urban area of low mosquito density where it exceeded that of HLC at lowest densities. This density- dependence of the trap implies that this tool may have particular potential for monitoring malaria in low transmission settings. It was also demonstrated to be effective when used by unsupervised community members under programmatic conditions and it is currently the only technique used for routine adult mosquito surveillance by the Urban Malaria Control Programme of Dar es Salaam. However, it cannot be used to determine how bites upon humans are distributed between indoor and outdoor exposure components.
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Kahwa, Amos. "Provision of free ARV in public facilities in Tanzania : do the poor benefit?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19069.

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The impact of the HIV pandemic in Tanzania has been profound and has affected all sectors. Today, HIV/AIDS is recognized not only as a major public health concern but also as social, economic and development problem in Tanzania as in most in Sub-Saharan African countries. With a population of estimated 37 million, Tanzania has an estimated of 2.5 million people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) which has been defined as the main form of treatment (yet not a cure) for HIV/AIDS showed to significantly prolong and improve quality of life of people infected with HIV. By and large, the entire range of antiretroviral drugs is available anywhere in the world through private channels. Where resources permit, the supply may be adequate and consistent. Through the public sector, however, and for low-income patients, the choice of drugs may be somewhat restricted. This has implications for decisions such as when to start therapy, which therapeutic regimens to use, and what to do when treatment fails. The situation requires difficult choices in priority setting, poses serious ethical issues and imposes on government the obligation to scale up programmes in ways that are ethically sound, equitable, beneficial and sustainable as possible (WHO 2004). However in Tanzania, there is no clear policy established on targeting or prioritising specific population groups in order to avoid decision making based on subjective or arbitrary criteria that may lead to discrimination. The aim of this study was to establish the socioeconomic status of those individuals who benefit most from the provision of free ARV in terms of utilisation in urban and rural settings. It also aimed to identify the criteria used in enrolment of patients for free ARV provision, the barriers for ARV provision and patient's perception on ARV.
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Mårtensson, Emma. "Upplevelser av alkoholanvändningi en massajby i Tanzania." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7171.

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Samtidigt som användningen av alkohol har minskat i den utvecklade delen av världenökar den i utvecklingsländerna. Alkoholanvändningen har både kulturell och social meningmen är samtidigt relaterad till flera hälsoskadliga- och sociala problem. Studiens syfte var attbeskriva hur personer med inflytelserika uppdrag i en massajby i Tanzania uppleveralkoholanvändningen samt dess följder för såväl invånarna som för byn. Vidare var syftet attbeskriva deras upplevelser av religion och traditions betydelse för alkoholanvändningen.Kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes utifrån en intervjuguide med ettändamålsenligt urval av tio respondenter. Data analyserades med manifest innehållsanalys. Urdataanalysen framkom resultat två teman: faktorer som påverkar alkoholanvändningen; samtfaktorer som alkoholanvändningen påverkar. De största konsekvenserna avalkoholanvändning upplevdes vara kontrollförlust med oförmåga att ta hand om sig själv ochsin familj. Dessutom upplevdes alkoholanvändningen som en olägenhet för byn genombortfall av arbetskraft vilket respondenterna upplevde som påfrestande för hela bynsutveckling. För framtiden föreslås arbete som hjälp till alternativ inkomst föralkoholförsäljande kvinnor samt tydligt ställningstagande från byledningen.


While the use of alcohol has declined in the developed world it is increasing indeveloping countries. Alcohol use has cultural and social meanig, at the same time its isrelated to several adverse health and social problems. This study was designed to describehow people with powerful function in a masai society in Tanzania experience alcohol use andthe consequences of alcohol use for both the individuals and for the village. Furthermore, thepurpose was to describe their experiences of religion and traditions relevancy to alcohol use.Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were carried out based on an interview guide with auseful selection of ten respondents. Data were analyzed with manifest content analysis andresults were found in two main areas: factors that influence alcohol use; and factors asconsequences of alcohol use. The biggest impact found was perceived to be control-loss withinability to take care of him- or herself and his or her family. In addition alcoholuse wasperceived as an inconvenience to the village due to loss of labor. This was percieved asstressful for the village's development. Aid to optional job for alcohol selling women andclear statement on alcohol use from the society leadership is proposed for future development.

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Lekei, Elikana Eliona. "Establishment of a comprehensive surveillance system for acute pesticide poisoning in Tanzania." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9428.

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Widespread under-reporting of acute pesticide poisoning (APP) in developing countries, such as Tanzania, leads to under-estimation of the burden from APP. This thesis aimed to characterize the health consequences of APP in rural agricultural areas in Tanzania with a view to developing an effective surveillance system for APP. Several sub-studies comprise this thesis: A household survey of farmers; A hospital data review for APP, both retrospective, covering a 6-year period, and prospective for 12 months;Health care providers' knowledge and practices relating to APP and notification;Pesticide retailers' knowledge, distribution and handling practices; Stakeholder views regarding APP, notification and risk reduction strategies; and an assessment of APP data from sources other than the hospital system. The study found that major agents responsible for poisoning included Organophosphates and highly or moderately hazardous products and the age group 20 - 30 years was most affected. The majority of health care providers lacked skills for diagnosis of APP. The most problematic circumstances of poisoning in hospital data review was suicide but was occupational with pesticide stakeholders and in household surveys. Prospective data collection in the hospital review reduced the amount of missing data, suggesting that with proper training and support, hospital-based reporting can provide better surveillance data. Many farmers and pesticide retailers had unsafe practices likely to result in exposure and risk for poisoning. Modelling suggested that the Incidence Rate for occupational poisoning ranged from 11.3 to 279.8 cases per million people with a medium estimate of 32.4 cases per million people. The study identified a high burden from APP in Tanzania, largely unreported, particularly from occupational poisonings, and proposes an APP surveillance system for Tanzania aimed at addressing both workplace and non-workplace settings. The system is expected to identify poisoning outbreaks, circumstances and outcomes, agents, poisoning patterns by gender, age, population and geographical areas most affected. Data sources for the system will include health care facilities and other government Institutions, media and community members through community self-monitoring. The system is expected to generate rate estimates and trends for pesticide poisoning, identify opportunities for prevention, further research needs and, ultimately, assist in reducing health risks arising from pesticide exposure.
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Sherry, Julia Caroline. "Perceptions of water services and innovations to improve water services in Tanzania." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78238.

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Lack of access to safe drinking water is a crisis of great proportion. An estimated 1.8 billion people rely on unsafe drinking water. This study focuses on the case of Tanzania, in which an estimated 29 million people, or 44% of the population, lack access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, the Tanzanian Ministry of Water estimates that approximately 38% of all water access points in the country are nonfunctional. As the Government of Tanzania and other actors work to improve water access, they employ innovations to facilitate water service delivery that is both high quality and sustainable over time. These innovations must be field-tested prior to large-scale implementation to ensure they are appropriate and effective in varying contexts. User perceptions of innovations are valuable for gauging the potential benefits and barriers to incorporating new innovations in the water sector. This study investigates the use of solar power and mobile prepayment to improve water services in Tanzania. There are currently no data on user perceptions of these innovations in Tanzania. Thus, this study fills this data gap through the analysis of focus group discussions (n=6) and key informant interviews (n=14) collected during summer 2016 in three urban and three rural communities in Tanzania. Urban sites are located in the city of Dar es Salaam, and rural sites are scattered throughout Tanzania. Using qualitative methods, this study identifies themes related to user perceptions of water services, solar power, and mobile prepayment. While perceptions varied between urban and rural study settings and within study sites, most people perceived major challenges with the current water system. These perceived challenges included the poor reputation of the water service provider, health problems related to water, and the general lack of consistent high-quality water provision. Research participants perceive that mobile prepayment is a modern solution to water service challenges, but perceive that cost, particularly for the poor, may be a barrier. Generally, people in the rural setting perceive that solar power will reduce costs and increase water service reliability, while those in Dar es Salaam were less familiar with the technology. While perceptions indicate that solar and mobile phone innovations have great potential in both urban and rural settings, they also indicate that there exist significant challenges to implementing the innovations. User perceptions ultimately manifest in real behaviors related to water services, and thus must be incorporated before these innovations are scaled-up across Tanzania.
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Munga, Michael A. "The impact of costs and perceived quality on utilisation of primary health care in Tanzania : rural-urban comparison." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26757.

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Health services utilisation, which is sometimes used as a proxy measure for equity is a complex subject to study. Identifying and explaining the important factors determining health care utilisation is a key to a better assessment of whether countries' health policies address the equity concerns of their populations in a comprehensive way. It is extensively documented that meeting the health needs of people especially those disadvantaged by such factors as geographical location, joblessness, low income, gender inequalities and lack of education among others, is an important strategy to preventing the increase in poverty and eventually reducing equity gaps. Realising this goal is not easy unless studies are done to establish policy and theoretical arguments related to why some sections of populations are more likely to use/or not to use available health care services than others. This cross-sectional study principally aims at assessing the impact of perceived quality and costs of health care on utilisation of PHC services in rural and urban areas of Tanzania. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, it intends to explore whether there are differences between rural and urban users in terms of their perceptions of quality of health services and how these perceptions affect household decisions in utilising health services. It further examines the extent to which costs of health care are important determinant in health services utilisation and how rural and urban users are affected by this factor when it comes to deciding to use or not to use government health facilities. The study concludes that consumers of health care in rural Tanzania are highly responsive to health care costs than they are to quality concerns. As the two categories of rural and urban are affected differently by costs and their perceptions of quality when it comes to health care utilisation, it is possible that the observed utilisation trends can partly be attributed to these two factors. Furthermore, the study highlights that socio-economic variables such as gender, income, education, wealth and household size are important not only in determining user's decision making on the amount and appropriate time to seek care but also mitigates effectively on the extent to which costs and perception of quality of care affect rural and urban users of health care services. The study recommends that the government should strive to provide better "quality " information to its consumers. It further recommends that a critical evaluation of important quality aspects be done to see which mostly determine household decisions on utilisation of care among rural and urban users of care. The study has found that the kit system has had some problems, hence the study recommends that government devises mechanisms of ensuring that drugs are available at points of service. Acknowledging the existing geographical inequities, the need to incorporate the private sector in PHC provision and improve quality of health care, the study recommends for more resources to be devoted to research and venture on new opportunities provided by the ongoing reforms as a way of introduction, chapter one of the study report presents the country background information and how the health system is organised. The remainder of the report is organised as follows. In chapter two, the report presents the literature review whilst chapter three covers conceptual framework and methodology. This is followed by presentation of results and analysis in chapter four before putting forward a brief discussion of the findings in chapter five. In chapter six, conclusions and policy recommendations are presented.
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International Development Research Centre (Canada) and Tanzania Wizara ya Afya, eds. Fixing health systems. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2008.

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Savigny, Don De. Fixing health systems. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2008.

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Savigny, Don De. La réforme du système de santé. 2nd ed. Ottawa: Centre de Recherches Pour le Développement International, 2008.

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1912-, Hanlon John J., ed. Public health: Administration and practice. 9th ed. St. Louis: Times Mirror/Mosby College Pub., 1990.

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Görgen, Helmut. The history of health care in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: GTZ, 2001.

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Cultural competency for health administration and public health. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2011.

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Rose, Patti Renee. Cultural competency for health administration and public health. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2011.

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Vance, Mary A. Public health administration: Monographs, 1970-1987. Monticello, Ill., USA: Vance Bibliographies, 1988.

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United States. Public Health Service. Public Health Service grants administration manual. [Washington, D.C.?: U.S. Public Health Service, 1989.

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Chadwick, Edwin. Beyond public health: Education and administration. London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1997.

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Lameck, Wilfred U. "Ethical Culture, Tanzania." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–6. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3579-1.

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Mhina, Julius Raphael Athuman. "Social Media and Government Employees in Tanzania." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3688-1.

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Mah, Alastair P. "Population and Public Health." In Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership, 169–83. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5454-9_10.

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Rana, Juwel, Fariya Rahman, and Martine Bellanger. "Health Policy." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–7. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_212-1.

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Stream, Christopher, Justin Gardner, and Jason Wasden. "Health Policy: Innovative." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–9. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2849-1.

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Camillo, Cheryl A. "Comparative Health Policies." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–8. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3127-1.

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Camillo, Cheryl A. "Comparative Health Policies." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 905–12. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_3127.

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Stream, Christopher, Justin Gardner, and Jason Wasden. "Health Policy: Innovative." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 3011–19. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_2849.

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Long, Debbi, Elizabeth Kath, and Paul A. Komesaroff. "Globalization and Public Health." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–12. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1259-1.

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Long, Debbi, Elizabeth Kath, and Paul A. Komesaroff. "Globalization and Public Health." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 2593–603. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_1259.

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Conference papers on the topic "Public health administration – Tanzania"

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Kurniati, Nurul. "Analysis of Factors and Management of Hepatitis B Virus Screening in Mothers and Infants: A Scoping Review." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.67.

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ABSTRACT Background: The importance of screening for HBV infection is to identify the risk of perinatal transmission from infected mothers. People infected with HBV during infancy or childhood are more likely to suffer chronic infection to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. Early detection and prompt treatment are essential for HBV infection. This study aimed to review the factors and management of hepatitis B virus screening in mothers and infants. Subjects and Method: A scoping review method was conducted in eight stages including (1) Identification of study problems; (2) Determining priority problem and study question; (3) Determining framework; (4) Literature searching; (5) Article selec­tion; (6) Critical appraisal; (7) Data extraction; and (8) Mapping. The search included PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library, and Scopus databases. The inclusion criteria were English/ Indonesian-language and full-text articles (scoping review, meta-analysis, systematic review)/ documents/ reports/ policy brief/ guidelines from WHO/ other organizations published between 2009 and 2019. The data were selected by the PRISMA flow chart. Results: The searched database obtained a total of 27.862 articles. After screening, 27.325 articles were excluded because of unmet the inclusion criteria. After conducting critical appraisal for the remaining 537 articles, only 11 articles were eligible for further review. The selected articles obtained from developing countries (China, South Africa, and Tanzania) and developed countries (Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, Northern Europe, and Canada) with quantitative studies design (cross-sectional, case series, and cohort) met the inclusion criteria. The findings emphasized on four main topics around hepatitis B virus screening in mothers and infants, namely demographic factors, risk factors, post-screening benefit, and challenges in screening uptake. Conclusion: Early detection of HBV infection with prenatal screening reduce the HBV prenatal transmission, especially from infected pregnancy. Screening plays an important role in the administration of universal infant HBV vaccination and postexposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) at birth. Keywords: pregnant women, hepatitis B virus, perinatal transmission, screening Correspondence: Setianingsih. Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Jl. Siliwangi (Ringroad Barat) No. 63, Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55292. Email: nsetia580@gmail.com. Mobile: 082242081295. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.67
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Ahmed, Salum Mohammed, Salim M. Hamza, and Bing Wang. "Analysis of Recruitment Practices in Tanzania: A case of ministry responsible for recruitment in Zanzibar public sector." In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.45.

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Yuniar, Ananda Dwitha, and Alan Sigit Fibrianto. "Public Health Communication Campaign ‘Germas’ by Ministry of Health in Maluku 2018: An overview." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Administration Science (ICAS 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icas-19.2019.33.

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Podah, Isaac P. "Decentralization for delivering better health services in Liberia: lesson from the Philippines." In Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration Conference (EROPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/eropa-18.2019.8.

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Lu, Peian, Han-Teng Liao, and Jiaying Lei. "Applying Service Design in Public Services: A Scientometric Review for Innovations in Public Health and Administration." In 2020 Management Science Informatization and Economic Innovation Development Conference (MSIEID). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/msieid52046.2020.00081.

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Lindawati and Yudhanty Parama Sany. "Civil Servant Redistribution in Samarinda City: A Descriptive Study of Human Resources on Health Distribution Gap." In Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration Conference (EROPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/eropa-18.2019.3.

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Wahyuni, Nila, and Yulia Hanoselina. "National Health Insurance Program for Mental Disorders at Prof. Hb Saanin Psychiatric Hospital Padang." In International Conference on Public Administration, Policy and Governance (ICPAPG 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200305.210.

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"Sex differences in tolerance to morphine antinociception in intra-nucleus accumbens administration of morphine in rat." In International Conference on Medicine, Public Health and Biological Sciences. CASRP Publishing Company, Ltd. Uk, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mphbs.2016.58.

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Pasaribu, Fani Ratny, and Syamsir. "The Influence of Employee Integrity on Employee Satisfaction in the Community Health Center in Padang." In International Conference on Public Administration, Policy and Governance (ICPAPG 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200305.189.

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Nasrul, Riski Amalia Madi, and Patwayati. "The Effect of Dimension of the Quality of Health Services on Patient Satisfaction." In 2nd Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201116.016.

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Ama Pokuaa, Fenny, Aba Obrumah Crentsil, Christian Kwaku Osei, and Felix Ankomah Asante. Fiscal and Public Health Impact of a Change in Tobacco Excise Taxes in Ghana. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2020.003.

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This working paper predicts the fiscal and public health outcomes from a change in the excise tax structure for cigarettes in Ghana. More than 5,000 people are killed by diseases caused by tobacco every year in Ghana (Tobacco Atlas 2018). Currently the country has a unitary tax administration approach, with a uniform ad valorem tax structure on all excisable products, including tobacco. However, the ECOWAS directive on tobacco control, in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO 2003), recommends a simple tax structure – using a mixed excise system with a minimum specific tax floor to overcome the limitations of an ad valorem system on tobacco products, especially cigarettes. The study therefore simulates mixed tax policy interventions, and assesses their effect on government revenue and public health relative to the current ad valorem tax system. Primary data collection of tobacco prices in three geographical zones of the country was conducted in February 2020, across both rural and urban localities. This was supported with secondary data from national and international databases. Based on the assumption that Ghana adopts a mixed tax structure, the simulation shows that, if the government imposes a specific excise tax of GH₵4.00 (US$0.80) per pack in addition to the current ad valorem rate of 175 per cent of the CIF value, the average retail price of a cigarette pack would increase by 128 per cent, cigarette consumption decrease by 27 per cent, tobacco excise tax revenue increase by 627 per cent, and overall tobacco-related government tax revenue increase by 201 per cent.1 Additionally, there would be significant declines in smoking prevalence (3.3%), smoking intensity (1,448 cigarettes per year), and 3,526 premature smoking-related deaths would be avoided. The paper advocates for a strong tax administration and technical capacity, with continuous commitment by the government to adjust the tax rate in line with the rate of inflation and per capita income growth.
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Rukundo, Solomon. Tax Amnesties in Africa: An Analysis of the Voluntary Disclosure Programme in Uganda. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2020.005.

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Tax amnesties have taken centre stage as a compliance tool in recent years. The OECD estimates that since 2009 tax amnesties in 40 jurisdictions have resulted in the collection of an additional €102 billion in tax revenue. A number of African countries have introduced tax amnesties in the last decade, including Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania. Despite their global popularity, the efficacy of tax amnesties as a tax compliance tool remains in doubt. The revenue is often below expectations, and it probably could have been raised through effective use of regular enforcement measures. It is also argued that tax amnesties might incentivise non-compliance – taxpayers may engage in non-compliance in the hope of benefiting from an amnesty. This paper examines the administration of tax amnesties in various jurisdictions around the world, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Kenya and South Africa. The paper makes a cost-benefit analysis of these and other tax amnesties – and from this analysis develops a model tax amnesty, whose features maximise the benefits of a tax amnesty while minimising the potential costs. The model tax amnesty: (1) is permanent, (2) is available only to taxpayers who make a voluntary disclosure, (3) relieves taxpayers of penalties, interest and the risk of prosecution, but treats intentional and unintentional non-compliance differently, (4) has clear reporting requirements for taxpayers, and (5) is communicated clearly to attract non-compliant taxpayers without appearing unfair to the compliant ones. The paper then focuses on the Ugandan tax amnesty introduced in July 2019 – a Voluntary Disclosure Programme (VDP). As at 7 November 2020, this initiative had raised USh16.8 billion (US$6.2 million) against a projection of USh45 billion (US$16.6 million). The paper examines the legal regime and administration of this VDP, scoring it against the model tax amnesty. It notes that, while the Ugandan VDP partially matches up to the model tax amnesty, because it is permanent, restricted to taxpayers who make voluntary disclosure and relieves penalties and interest only, it still falls short due to a number of limitations. These include: (1) communication of the administration of the VDP through a public notice, instead of a practice note that is binding on the tax authority; (2) uncertainty regarding situations where a VDP application is made while the tax authority has been doing a secret investigation into the taxpayer’s affairs; (3) the absence of differentiated treatment between taxpayers involved in intentional non-compliance, and those whose non-compliance may be unintentional; (4) lack of clarity on how the VDP protects the taxpayer when non-compliance involves the breach of other non-tax statutes, such as those governing financial regulation; (5)absence of clear timelines in the administration of the VDP, which creates uncertainty;(6)failure to cater for voluntary disclosures with minor errors; (7) lack of clarity on VDP applications that result in a refund position for the applicant; and (8) lack of clarity on how often a VDP application can be made. The paper offers recommendations on how the Ugandan VDP can be aligned to match the model tax amnesty, in order to gain the most from this compliance tool.
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Stall, Nathan M., Kevin A. Brown, Antonina Maltsev, Aaron Jones, Andrew P. Costa, Vanessa Allen, Adalsteinn D. Brown, et al. COVID-19 and Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2021.02.07.1.0.

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Key Message Ontario long-term care (LTC) home residents have experienced disproportionately high morbidity and mortality, both from COVID-19 and from the conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. There are several measures that could be effective in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths in Ontario’s LTC homes, if implemented. First, temporary staffing could be minimized by improving staff working conditions. Second, homes could be further decrowded by a continued disallowance of three- and four-resident rooms and additional temporary housing for the most crowded homes. Third, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in staff could be minimized by approaches that reduce the risk of transmission in communities with a high burden of COVID-19. Summary Background The Province of Ontario has 626 licensed LTC homes and 77,257 long-stay beds; 58% of homes are privately owned, 24% are non-profit/charitable, 16% are municipal. LTC homes were strongly affected during Ontario’s first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions What do we know about the first and second waves of COVID-19 in Ontario LTC homes? Which risk factors are associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario LTC homes and the extent and death rates associated with outbreaks? What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general health and wellbeing of LTC residents? How has the existing Ontario evidence on COVID-19 in LTC settings been used to support public health interventions and policy changes in these settings? What are the further measures that could be effective in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths in Ontario’s LTC homes? Findings As of January 14, 2021, a total of 3,211 Ontario LTC home residents have died of COVID-19, totaling 60.7% of all 5,289 COVID-19 deaths in Ontario to date. There have now been more cumulative LTC home outbreaks during the second wave as compared with the first wave. The infection and death rates among LTC residents have been lower during the second wave, as compared with the first wave, and a greater number of LTC outbreaks have involved only staff infections. The growth rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections among LTC residents was slower during the first two months of the second wave in September and October 2020, as compared with the first wave. However, the growth rate after the two-month mark is comparatively faster during the second wave. The majority of second wave infections and deaths in LTC homes have occurred between December 1, 2020, and January 14, 2021 (most recent date of data extraction prior to publication). This highlights the recent intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic in LTC homes that has mirrored the recent increase in community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across Ontario. Evidence from Ontario demonstrates that the risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and subsequent deaths in LTC are distinct from the risk factors for outbreaks and deaths in the community (Figure 1). The most important risk factors for whether a LTC home will experience an outbreak is the daily incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the communities surrounding the home and the occurrence of staff infections. The most important risk factors for the magnitude of an outbreak and the number of resulting resident deaths are older design, chain ownership, and crowding. Figure 1. Anatomy of Outbreaks and Spread of COVID-19 in LTC Homes and Among Residents Figure from Peter Hamilton, personal communication. Many Ontario LTC home residents have experienced severe and potentially irreversible physical, cognitive, psychological, and functional declines as a result of precautionary public health interventions imposed on homes, such as limiting access to general visitors and essential caregivers, resident absences, and group activities. There has also been an increase in the prescribing of psychoactive drugs to Ontario LTC residents. The accumulating evidence on COVID-19 in Ontario’s LTC homes has been leveraged in several ways to support public health interventions and policy during the pandemic. Ontario evidence showed that SARS-CoV-2 infections among LTC staff was associated with subsequent COVID-19 deaths among LTC residents, which motivated a public order to restrict LTC staff from working in more than one LTC home in the first wave. Emerging Ontario evidence on risk factors for LTC home outbreaks and deaths has been incorporated into provincial pandemic surveillance tools. Public health directives now attempt to limit crowding in LTC homes by restricting occupancy to two residents per room. The LTC visitor policy was also revised to designate a maximum of two essential caregivers who can visit residents without time limits, including when a home is experiencing an outbreak. Several further measures could be effective in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths in Ontario’s LTC homes. First, temporary staffing could be minimized by improving staff working conditions. Second, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in staff could be minimized by measures that reduce the risk of transmission in communities with a high burden of COVID-19. Third, LTC homes could be further decrowded by a continued disallowance of three- and four-resident rooms and additional temporary housing for the most crowded homes. Other important issues include improved prevention and detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in LTC staff, enhanced infection prevention and control (IPAC) capacity within the LTC homes, a more balanced and nuanced approach to public health measures and IPAC strategies in LTC homes, strategies to promote vaccine acceptance amongst residents and staff, and further improving data collection on LTC homes, residents, staff, visitors and essential caregivers for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpretation Comparisons of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the LTC setting reveal improvement in some but not all epidemiological indicators. Despite this, the second wave is now intensifying within LTC homes and without action we will likely experience a substantial additional loss of life before the widespread administration and time-dependent maximal effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. The predictors of outbreaks, the spread of infection, and deaths in Ontario’s LTC homes are well documented and have remained unchanged between the first and the second wave. Some of the evidence on COVID-19 in Ontario’s LTC homes has been effectively leveraged to support public health interventions and policies. Several further measures, if implemented, have the potential to prevent additional LTC home COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths.
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Innovative Solutions to Human-Wildlife Conflicts: National Wildlife Research Center Accomplishments, 2010. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, April 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2011.7291310.aphis.

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As the research arm of Wildlife Services, a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), NWRC develops methods and information to address human-wildlife conflicts related to agriculture, human health and safety, property damage, invasive species, and threatened and endangered species. The NWRC is the only Federal research facility in the United States devoted entirely to the development of methods for effective wildlife damage management, and it’s research authority comes from the Animal Damage Control Act of 1931. The NWRC’s research priorities are based on nationwide research needs assessments, congressional directives, APHIS Wildlife Services program needs, and stakeholder input. The Center is committed to helping resolve the ever-expanding and changing issues associated with human-wildlife conflict management and remains well positioned to address new issues through proactive efforts and strategic planning activities. NWRC research falls under four principal areas that reflect APHIS’ commitment to “protecting agricultural and natural resources from agricultural animal and plant health threats, zoonotic diseases, invasive species, and wildlife conflicts and diseases”. In addition to the four main research areas, the NWRC maintains support functions related to animal care, administration, information transfer, archives, quality assurance, facility development, and legislative and public affairs.
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